What's the difference between Puritanism and Christianity?

The main differences between Puritanism and Christianity:

1 has different meanings.

1) Christianity is a huge collection of beliefs. Including Protestantism, Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Church. Anyone who acknowledges the New Testament and Jesus belongs to Christianity.

2) Puritanism is only a branch of Protestantism (a branch of Christianity), and its scope is much smaller.

2. Believers are distributed in different regions.

1) Christians are all over the world, mainly in Europe, most parts of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand in Asia, the Philippines and South Korea, and Ethiopia in Africa.

2) Puritans are mainly concentrated in the United States, and there are few other regions. The first immigrants in America were Puritans persecuted by the Anglican Church.

3. The playing time is different.

1) Christianity appeared very early. Christianity was founded by Jesus of Nazareth in present-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan in 1 century. It inherits the Jewish Bible and many cultural traditions, but it also has many new developments.

2) Puritanism appeared relatively late, about 65438+60' s, which refers to the reformists who demanded the removal of the remnants of Catholicism in the Anglican Church. Puritans believe in Calvinism and believe that the Bible is the only supreme authority, and no church or individual can be the interpreter and defender of traditional authority.

Pioneers of Puritans were born in the late period of Mary I's rule, and they were exiled in the Protestant groups in Britain on the European continent. Later, some Puritans immigrated to the United States because Britain banned sects other than the Anglican Church. Some basic national policies and founding policies of the United States (as you know) are related to Puritans. These national policies and guidelines later influenced other countries in the world.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Christianity

Baidu Encyclopedia-Puritanism